The five accused in custody were arrested in June as part of the investigation by the Pune police regarding alleged Maoist connection to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31 last year.

Just days after the Supreme Court equated dissent with a “safety valve” in a vibrant democracy, the Law Commission delivered another blow for that basic freedom by suggesting a re-drafting of the law on sedition that has been frequently invoked to drown inimical voices. In stressing that sedition involves resort to violence or other illegal …

It was an eminently forgettable Wednesday for the NDA. The Supreme Court, and two other courts, flayed the manner in which the Pune police ~ not even the village idiot would believe it acted without political clearance ~ tried to crack down on five civil rights activists whom the saffron brigade labels “urban naxals”, and …

Pune rural police on Friday questioned Hindu Ekta Aghadi leader Milind Ekbote, one of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case. Ekbote, who has been granted an interim protection from arrest by the Supreme Court, was summoned to the Shikrapur police station in the district. A case has been registered against him and another …

A 35-year-old IT professional and his wife were allegedly found hanging, and their five-year-old son dead, inside their flat in Baner area here on Friday. Police suspect that the couple might have committed suicide but are uncertain about the cause of the child’s death, officials said. Police have identified the deceased as Jayesh Patel (35), …